Abstract
The present study explored relations among remembered parental (paternal and maternal) acceptance in childhood, spouse acceptance
and psychological adjustment of adults. It also explored whether remembered childhood experiences of parental acceptance mediate
the relation between perceived spouse acceptance and psychological adjustment. The sample consisted of 354 married adult men
(178) and women (176). Results showed that the more accepting both men and women perceived their spouses to be, the better
was their psychological adjustment. Similarly, the more accepting both men and women remembered their parents had been to
them during childhood, the better was their psychological adjustment. Standard multiple regression analyses revealed that
paternal acceptance mediated the relation between perceived spouse acceptance and the psychological adjustment of both men
and women. In addition, remembered maternal acceptance mediated the relation between men’s (but not women’s) perceived spouse
acceptance and psychological adjustment.
and psychological adjustment of adults. It also explored whether remembered childhood experiences of parental acceptance mediate
the relation between perceived spouse acceptance and psychological adjustment. The sample consisted of 354 married adult men
(178) and women (176). Results showed that the more accepting both men and women perceived their spouses to be, the better
was their psychological adjustment. Similarly, the more accepting both men and women remembered their parents had been to
them during childhood, the better was their psychological adjustment. Standard multiple regression analyses revealed that
paternal acceptance mediated the relation between perceived spouse acceptance and the psychological adjustment of both men
and women. In addition, remembered maternal acceptance mediated the relation between men’s (but not women’s) perceived spouse
acceptance and psychological adjustment.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-8
- DOI 10.1007/s11205-011-9926-2
- Authors
- Abdul Khaleque, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, U-2058, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- Anjuman Shirin, Department of Psychology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Muhammad Kamal Uddin, Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000 Bangladesh
- Journal Social Indicators Research
- Online ISSN 1573-0921
- Print ISSN 0303-8300